By Sasha Nyary
I had a Twitter exchange recently about whether Harold and the Purple Crayon is a graphic novel. Well, no. There’s a perfectly good term for Harold: It’s a picture book. A brilliant and extraordinary picture book. “What about Mo Willems?” my fellow tweeter posited next. Willems, who also writes wonderful books, sometimes has text in bubbles, and uses the pages as the panel borders. But still, they aren’t true graphic novels. So what’s a graphic novel? (Read more...)
It is never too early to start targeting potential employers and
gathering information about the organizations so you will be
better prepared when you apply for jobs. Research is a proactive
job search technique that many job seekers overlook. (Read more...)
Olga Kulikova loves travel, library and information science, and
combining the two. She has recently been interested in continuing education,
and received a Fulbright to study it at Simmons. She began
her six-month fellowship at GSLIS in September. She is particularly
interested in exploring what motivates librarians to take continuing
education, as there are no mandated standards or requirements for it. (Read more...)
Adjunct Sid Berger gave two recent talks: “Art Marbling and the Genius of Edward Seymour,” for the British Association of Paper Historians, in Canterbury, England, September 23-25, 2011, and “The Movement of Paper from Japan to the United States,” at the Paper from the East conference, sponsored by China Culture Connect, in Greenwich, England, October 7, 2011.
GSLIS Students Maya Bery and Laura Szaro attended the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Conference as winners of an essay contest held by the officers of the Massachusetts School Library Association; their attendance was sponsored by MSLA-SIG. The conference, AASL: Turning the Page, was held in Minneapolis from October 26-30, 2011. (Read more...)
The Audre Lord to Howard Zinn Library at Occupy Boston is inside a U.S. Army surplus tent on the edge of the
dozens of tents that make up the Dewey Square site. (Read more...)
An introduction to Clare Davitt, Fellow for Dean's Initiatives; Johanna Radding, GSLIS West Program Manager; and Kate McGrath, Dean's Fellow for GSLIS West. (Read more...)
Cheryl Kohen ’09LS is currently the Emerging Technology Librarian at Daytona State College in Florida, but she used to be the Career Resource Librarian at Simmons College. She also happens to be a Board Liaison for the GSLIS Alumni Association Board and a former LISSA President. In a new, ongoing column, we have asked her to share some professional tips she learned from her former role as a career librarian and experiences she has gathered in becoming a professional in the LIS field. (Read more...)
We asked Linda Braun and Robin Brenner for their
current top picks for
graphic novels. As you
can see, there are a lot of
genres to choose from. (Read more...)
It wasn’t difficult to find graphic novel enthusiasts
in the GSLIS Community. Here are GSLIS
student Andrea Cronin’s thoughts on the genre,
along with her top picks. (Read more...)
